Author: John Hamilton Farr

[GRACK!] A Different Kind of Calm “‘What do black widows look like?’ asked the special guest from northeast Iowa. The spider I found when

Report from the Frontier Yes, it is the frontier here in el norte. Those of you who live where everything works and television is

Back again, after a long absence (“OH, NO!”). Oh yes. Sitting here wiping gnats from my eyes and loving the ol’ B&W G3 Señor

I’d never seen one before, but I knew instantly what it was. We were walking down the shady side of the mesa in the

I think we all need this. Also posted at FarrFeed, where I noted that downward mobility has its compensations. 🙂 Absolutely no colors juiced

This isn’t a gag: I’ve been experimenting with different Mac OS X recording apps for quite a while, and I think I’ve finally found

So who needs a damn startup chime? I was getting nervous that my workhorse Blue & White PowerMac G3 had decided to stop with

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2004 JHFarr.com Creators Link Exchange Announced TAOS, NM — JHFarr.com announces the free Creators Link Exchange, soon to be

I used to be a big drag racing fan in the olden days. WAY olden, obviously, back when you could drive to an old

You want raw, original string band music? You’ve come to the right place. The importance of these early 70s recordings can’t be underestimated. The

That’s what I wrote about in my latest GRACK! column. I hope it’s fit to advertise on a family Mac site. The focus is

Whoa. Before I sat down to make this post, I read the article Tim referenced about installing Mac Minis IN YOUR CAR, and I

I really want to like this thing, so tell me: does it only take one memory module? There really isn’t a clue that I

Here you go, my latest Web column. I’m rather fond of this one. Maybe when you read it, you’ll understand. [GRACK!] Evermore It was

Way too many years ago I paid over $3,000 for the “Big Guy,” my beloved PowerMac 8600. Bullet-proof and wondrous, it served me steadily

Kudos to Tim and Chad for the new MyMac podcasts! I’ve also run a few already at my FarrFeed blog over at Salon.com. You

There’s some good deep stuff happening these parts right now, maybe as a natural antidote to all the rest. Whatever. This latest column prompted

Billmon linked to Ginsberg’s Howl on Friday, so I’m sitting here while it prints out. I saw the bearded obscene Jewish saint on the

Just a short post to pass on the URL for an “iConversation” Applelinks’ Kirk Hiner had with me recently. My own words are ones

There’s a saying, attributed to a former territorial governor of New Mexico, to the effect that whatever works elsewhere comes to grief here. As